RCN welcomes report highlighting beneficial impact of EU staff on the health service
But college disagrees about preferential treatment to work in UK after Brexit
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18 Sep 2018
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RCN welcomes report highlighting beneficial impact of EU staff on the health service
But college disagrees about preferential treatment to work in UK after Brexit
18 Sep 2018
RCN pay deal row: everything you need to know about the EGM
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Evidence and Practice
Fingertip injuries in children: a review of the literature
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Does use of the LUCAS device improve mortality in adult patients with out-of-hospital...
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Lyme disease: recognition and management for emergency nurses
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Compassion in emergency departments. Part 2: barriers to the provision of compassionate...
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26 Jul 2018
Emergency management of burns: part 2
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An exploration of the reasons why people attend but do not wait to be seen in emergency...
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Features
Advanced practice: which path should nurses take?
How the advanced clinical practitioner role could affect the future of nursing
06 Aug 2018
RCNi Emergency Nursing Award 2018 recognises the importance of research in the...
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05 Jul 2018
Stopping sensory overload in emergency departments for people on the autism spectrum
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21 Jun 2018
Sepsis: how one ED has achieved a 70% rise in patients receiving life-saving treatment...
Cambridge hospital trust uses digital technology to provide faster access to sepsis care in...
04 Jun 2018
RCN chair: Adamant nurses must use their voice
RCN chair Maria Trewern is full of hope for the profession – and wants to give members more...
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Hand hygiene needn’t mean sore skin
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25 May 2018
Opinion
Choosing the right road to your leadership style
Rhian Monteith looks at the importance of building on strengths rather than correcting...
11 Sep 2018
How the Mary Seacole course has influenced me as a leader
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30 Aug 2018
Speculating on the future of emergency care
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16 Aug 2018
Students
Leading on a cardiac arrest made me confident in giving CPR
Aiding a woman after a heart attack made a student more confident in handling emergencies
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On the front line with a paramedic
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Careers
‘Be prepared to work outside your comfort zone’
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‘Do the right thing and be prepared to support an unpopular view’
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‘Persist and be ambitious: nothing that comes easy is worth having’
University of Wolverhampton Institute of Health Professions senior lecturer Jim Bethel...
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